State v. Hummert

OPINION

FELDMAN, Justice.

Steven Henry Hummert (Defendant) appealed his convictions for kidnaping, sexual assault, sexual abuse, and aggravated assault. Defendant claimed the trial judge erred in admitting evidence of DNA testing. Following State v. Bible, 175 Ariz. 549, 858 P.2d 1152 (1993), cert. denied, 511 U.S. 1046, 114 S.Ct. 1578, 128 L.Ed.2d 221 (1994), the court of appeals held that experts can only testify a DNA match means the defendant cannot be excluded as the donor of the sample. State v. Hummert, 183 Ariz. 484, 905 P.2d 493 (App.1995). Furthermore, the court of appeals found that…